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@TheKevinDalton Gavin's been working on that for years.

Bill Maher just ended Gavin Newsom’s political career in 46 seconds

@Cartoonhistory2 So much for the stereotype that cartoon creators are nerds.

Happy birthday to Joe Murray. He created legendary shows like Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo. He turned 65.

@WhamJam33 @SThebulbmin @APPictures9 1600 Broadway, to be precise. When Paramount took over the studio, they renamed it Famous and moved it back to New York, on 45th Street, I think.

@SThebulbmin @APPictures9 Nice. 😎

I decided to make a quick visit to the former Fleischer Studios building in Miami, operated from 1938 to 1942. This was officially recognized as historical landmark in October of last year, so I just had to see the building and this sign!

@WhamJam33 @APPictures9 What a relief that it didn't become a strip mall like the original Disney studio in Silver Lake (halfway between Hollywood and downtown LA) did. They at least could have preserved the Mickey Mouse Sound Cartoons sign.

@APPictures9 Didn’t the Fleischers start in New York City or were they always in Miami?

@APPictures9 As it should be. Recognized, that is. It was an ill-advised move because Miami had no film processing facilities so all the post-work had to be sent back to New York, but it happened as a significant part of animation history all the same.

@fleischertoons "Sindbad" is great, but it has no real story. If "Aladdin" had been made in the same style (the top animators were working on "Gulliver") with 3D BGs, the three of them could have been put together with some new interstitial footage as a feature: "Popeye's Arabian Nights."

What’s the best Fleischer color ‘Popeye’ short?

@CelluloidEchoes Such a great number, you don't notice the cheesy backdrop.

The barn-raising dance in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) is pure cinematic electricity! Choreographed by Michael Kidd, it transforms everyday frontier labor into something exhilarating and expressive; where axes, beams, and raw physicality become the language of dance. Kidd’s genius lies in blending (most of) the performers’ professional dance training with movement that feels grounded in character - channeling their individual skills into choreography that still reads as rugged, competitive, and spontaneous rather than polished for its own sake. The result is a sequence often hailed as one of the most entertaining in musical film history, fusing acrobatics, humor, and narrative momentum into a single unforgettable set piece. The brothers: Russ Tamblyn, Jeff Richards, Marc Platt, Tommy Rall, Jacques d'Amboise and Matt Mattox The brides: Nancy Kilgas, Julie Newmar, Norma Doggett, Betty Carr, Virginia Gibson and Ruta Lee #SevenBridesForSevenBrothers

@UncleWalt1971 The 2D staff was dumped without so much as a severance package. The union didn't do anything about it because "they had the option to learn computer." And churn out the kind of heartless, soulless CGI drek that's done now. Some were invited back for "Frog Princess."

The roughly 13 minutes of traditional hand-drawn animation in Disney’s “Enchanted” were outsourced to James Baxter Animation in Pasadena (founded by a former Disney animator). Disney had already disbanded its in-house 2D department after the CGI boom, so Baxter’s team handled every frame of Andalasia as a tribute to the studio’s golden age. #DisneyFacts

@fleischertoons He was also Max' son-in-law. His daughter begged him not to sue Paramount over the questionable takeover of the studio because Seymour had a heart condition and she was afraid it would kill him.

🖊️Seymour Kneitel was one of Fleischer’s best animators and directors. After the studio closed, he went on to head the ‘Famous Studios’ era for Paramount Pictures.🖊️ youtu.be/ETbUViMACXI?si… #fleischerstudios #animation #seymourkneitel #popeye #bettyboop

@VanessaChaseOG Back when a pack of gum cost 10 cents.

Deliciously demented. Tickle your tongue with Fruit Stripe gum commercial (1974)

@Noirchick1 It's always a surprise, and a testament to the moguls' lack of imagination, that the studios were unable to catch on to Lucy's potential. It took a lesbian director to show what she was capable of, given the right material.

A little bit of early sexy Lucille Ball as Bubbles White in "Dance, Girl Dance" (1940)

@fleischertoons @am_cinematheque Beautiful restoration job, as usual, but it's still kind of a lousy cartoon. It's not hard to see why a Gabby series didn't catch on. Even though by then Max' and Dave's days were numbered, they should have brought back Ko-Ko and Bimbo for antics like this.

🍎Two For The Zoo (1941)🍎 Here’s a comparison between a circulating 16mm copy and our new restoration from the original camera negatives! Catch it this Sunday at our @am_cinematheque screening! #gabby #gulliverstravels #fleischerstudios #animation #filmrestoration

@oldtoons_ She also gets to boss people around for a change. When she demands that the dwarfs wash before dinner, you're surprised none of them (Grumpy would be the most likely) says "Hey, whose house is this?"

This scene is special. For a girl who grew up in a castle under a cold stepmother, the kitchen might've been the first place she felt a sense of control or creative output. Her kindness and skill secure her shelter, her domesticity is not a chore, but active self preservation.

@PaulRudnickNY His mother truly did despise him.

King Charles is thinking: "Was there a yard sale at a whorehouse?" "My mother truly despised him" "Did he make the model airplane from a kit?" "I thought Kimmel's joke was funny" "Is this style called Bloated Tyrant Crap?" "Should I wake him?"

@SalManXxzz Br'er Rabbit should have been preserved. The wily rabbit outsmarting the predator is an African folktale. Disney was no longer interested in animated shorts by then, but, properly written, a Br'er Rabbit series would have given Bugs Bunny some serious competition.

@horrormuseum I vaguely recall she recovers at the end, or at least goes into remission, which seems a cop-out ending.

By far the strangest, and darkest Peanuts cartoon is 1990, WHY, CHARLIE BROWN, WHY about a little girl dying of leukemia. To our knowledge, it only played once, and it's odd having the adults sounding like a trombone, explaining that she's getting chemotherapy.

@oldtoons_ You also notice she's not wearing a maid's uniform. (Dig the slippers.) Why wouldn't anyone watching the cartoon now simply assume she's cleaning her own house?

Body so iconic you don’t even need the face to recognize her

@fleischertoons The things people think of. Here are some sketches for a Popeye cartoon that was never made, based on an old joke:

Had the wildest dream

@fleischertoons I'm delighted the first three Casper cartoons have been restored. The unfortunately titled third one, "There's Good Boos [which reads like "booze"] Tonight," has a moving ending. As for rebooting Casper with "an edgy tone" (what, he'll be less friendly?), can't they let him RIP?

The first 3 Casper cartoons ever produced were restored and release in this set: classicflix.com/products/copy-…

@PaulRudnickNY If they were going to cast a twink (which Elvis was not) anyway, why not?

Did you know: Josh Hawley submitted an audition tape for the Elvis movie